Florian Frank <flori / nixe.ping.de> wrote in message news:<20040312233011.GA18121 / combinator.eavesdrop.ping.de>...
> On 2004-03-13 07:44:36 +0900, Phil Tomson wrote:
> > I can't find the OpenSSL-for-Ruby package. RAA says it should be at:
> > http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/rubypki/
> >
> > but nothing is there.
>
> It's now in the standard library that comes with Ruby 1.8.x.
However, it's not in the Windows rubyinstaller installation from:
http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net/
I suspect this is because you can't rely on the fact that an openssl
library will be available on Windows. Apparently, openssl libraries
exist commonly under Linux, so there's a library to link the extension
to.
Phil